It was last May when Brazil's Supreme Court ruled that gay civil unions could be recognized. But it stopped short of recognizing full marriages. But then in June, a state court judge ruled that tow men, who had been joined in a civil union, could simply change their status to that of being legally married.
Ad now other couples have petitioned the courts to have their civil unions recognized as legal marriage; some have been approved by lower courts, and others have been blocked, but Tuesday's ruling by the Supreme Appeals Court overturned two lower court’s ruling against the women.
It's a big step up for Brazil, and the idea of marriage equality in Latin American countries. Right now gay marriage is legal in Argentina and Mexico City, but Brazil is on the move.
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The good news with regards to SSM is that those in favor of this are on the right side of history and with each country taking steps to legitimize our relationships we come one step closer to erasing any type of stigma associated with being gay.
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